Charlottenburg Palace Grenadiers

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The Charlottenburg Palace Grenadiers were an infantry unit of the old Prussian army .

Lineup

On the orders of Frederick II , the best soldiers from the existing garrison regiments were selected at the beginning of 1742 and two companies of grenadiers were formed from them on March 5, 1742 , which were intended as an independent guard for Charlottenburg Palace . Major Heinrich Wilhelm von Byla became the commander of the unit .

Inclusion

As early as August 1, 1742, the previously separate castle grenadiers were organizationally integrated into a superordinate association: They became part of the newly established I. Standing Grenadier Battalion , of which Byla was also appointed first chief. Since grenadier companies always belonged primarily to an infantry regiment , the Charlottenburg companies were also assigned to the New Garrison Regiment , which was newly established in the same year .

Although was Treuenbrietzen the garrison town of the battalion, but the two companies remained in Charlottenburg and performed their guard duty at the castle; only in times of war were the grenadier companies brought together for joint field operations.

The New Garrison Regiment was disbanded after the end of the Seven Years War , but the two Charlottenburg grenadier companies were excluded from it and continued to exist, no longer assigned to a regiment, but still part of the grenadier battalion.

resolution

In the spring of 1787 the I. Standing Grenadier Battalion was disbanded. The two Charlottenburg castle grenadier companies were incorporated into the Fusilier Battalion No. 2 (chief: Johann Jeremias von Renouard ) , which was newly established on June 1st, and transformed into fusiliers, with the first garrison in Halle . With this the castle grenadiers ceased to exist.

uniform

The two castle grenadier companies wore Prussian blue uniform skirts without discounts with red collars , red cuffs and red lining on the turned-up skirt laps throughout their existence . The camisoles and trousers were pale yellow, the grenadier caps had brass front shields and red cap pouches.

literature

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  • René de L'Homme de Courbière: History of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army Constitution . Publishing house of Decker's Secret Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, Berlin 1852
  • Johann Friedrich Seyfart : Brief history of all royal Prussian regiments . Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1759
  • Eduard Lange : The soldiers of Frederick the Great . H. Mendelssohn, 1853
  • Günther Gieraths : The fighting of the Brandenburg-Prussian army . Walter de Gruyter, 1964
  • Great General Staff , War History Department II (ed.): The Wars of Frederick the Great , Part 2, Volumes 1–2. ES Mittler and Son, 1895